As of the November 2019 rankings, Cannon has ranked #144 on the Top500 list! For current cluster details, please see: https://www.rc.fas.harvard.edu/about/cluster-architecture/ For current partition configurations and changes, please see the Running Jobs page The lease on the Odyssey compute cluster comes to an end this year, and a hardware refresh of the cluster will occur in September. Current ETA for…
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Odyssey 3 Upgrade Complete (June 2018)
As of May 22nd 2018, the new Odyssey 3 cluster is fully operational. All login nodes and compute nodes* on the Odyssey cluster are running CentOS 7, have CentOS 7 modules, and the ability to use Singularity containers enabling you to build specialized software for yourself. Please see our updated/additional documentation, including: CentOS 7 Transition FAQ Running Jobs Singularity on Odyssey…
Odyssey 3, The Next Generation (Nov 2017)
Summary UPDATE: The upgrade to CentOS 7 is complete as of the May annual power downtime and Odyssey 3 is fully operational. All login nodes and compute nodes on the Odyssey cluster are running CentOS 7, have CentOS 7 modules, and the ability to use Singularity containers enabling you to build specialized software for yourself. Please see our updated documentation,…
New compute and partition reconfiguration
Fall greetings from RC! We are very pleased to unveil the new compute purchased by FAS as part of the Odyssey 3 project (https://www.rc.fas.harvard.edu/odyssey-3-the-next-generation/). This new compute hardware has been benchmarked at 0.5 petaflops, making it the fastest block of compute to date at Harvard. This hardware is now available on the cluster for people to use in these new…
Odyssey Updates
Research Computing Odyssey Users, For those of you returning, welcome back. For those new to Harvard, we hope to provide you with solid services, resources and support. Below is information on some important updates as well as our new training schedule. Next Maintenance: Due to the Labor Day holiday, the next monthly maintenance will be Monday, Sept. 11th 7-11am. A…
Odyssey 3 Announcement
Greetings Odyssey cluster users. We'd like to let you know that we are planning several major updates to the Odyssey cluster that will be rolling out over the next few months. This third generation of high performance computing will include increases in raw compute power, a new CentOS 7-based application stack, and the introduction of the Singularity container system. We…
ACI-REF program kicks off at Harvard
Back in March, Research Computing announced its collaboration with five universities to launch a new national program that would broaden the impact of advanced computing resources at university campuses across the country. The NSF funded program was called Advanced Cyberinfrastructure - Research and Educational Facilitation: Campus-based Computational Research Support or ACI-REF for short. The program received $5.3M in funding and was based…
38 Oxford’s time warp
One of the great things about working at a university with more than 375 years of history are the stories you stumble upon. Markers of the past live on in tradition and in form. Here at Research Computing we are reminded of what came before every day we make our way through the doors of 38 Oxford Street. For those unfamiliar with Research…
Journey to the server room
Ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes at Research Computing (RC)? While most of the job involves long stretches at the computer terminal, every now and then we get to step out from behind the desk and journey to the server room. These chilled rooms hold all the data, storage, networking, and compute that make Odyssey so magical and…
Clouds in the forecast: RC embarks on cloud computing project
Research Computing (RC) is excited to announce its partnership with the Massachusetts Open Cloud (MOC). On Friday, April 25th, Governor Deval Patrick announced the initiative as part of the Commonwealth's commitment to growing the state's big data industry. “Massachusetts is already home to several unique big data assets, including the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center in Holyoke, and through…
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